Ecumenical Priestbot

A news headline on November 3, 2024 reported that “AI Chatbots are the new priests, An acronym for Churchy Answers That Help You, Cathy is a new AI chatbot that answers faith-based questions from the perspective of a friendly, knowledgeable Episcopalian. Despite its feminine name, the “priestbot,” as Cathy sometimes calls itself, is genderless. There are no ornate flowing robes or croziers, either. But like a wise cleric, Cathy jumped right in with an answer… Developed and funded by the ecumenical group TryTank Research Institute, Cathy uses large language models from OpenAI’s ChatGPT and has ingested the Book of Common Prayer and the entire Episcopal Church website… Cathy is designed to “translate” the Bible into relatable language geared toward younger audiences. It can also serve as a tool for priests by helping them build sermon outlines… Cathy is far from the only faith-based bot — many denominations are experimenting with generative AI. There’s Text With Jesus, Buddhabot, Chatbot Eli, Gita GPT, and QuranGPT, to name a few.”

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Video: Lightning strike kills football player during live TV match

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Many people have been killed by lightning lately around the world, but God allowed this to happen for a reason. His voice is identified as “lightning” in the Bible.

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Noah’s Ark possibly found on world’s oldest stone map dating 3,000 years ago, scientists claim

Scientists have deciphered the world’s oldest map — and they believe it may lead them to the location of Noah’s Ark,” according to news report published on October 29, 2024. It goes on the say that “The 3,000-year-old Babylonian artifact has puzzled archaeologists for centuries, but in the past few weeks, experts have uncovered meaning. The clay tablet was discovered in the Middle East before being acquired by the British Museum in 1882.”

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Transgender ‘pastor’ claims the Bible wasn’t written for today.

When asked about the Bible’s clear definition of male and female and how God made them, “male and female,” a transgender pastor said on October 3, 2024:

“It’s hard to relate it to modern-day times because it wasn’t written for 2024. It was written for then. When we read in the scripture that God created man and woman, yes, and God created everyone else, as well,” Watch:

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Modern Slavery – Children Put to Work Full-Time in New York for 10 Hours a Day

Modern slavery is a reality, with children being exploited in the US and other countries. We are currently living in the end times. As of 2017 , there are 152 million children – 64 million girls and 88 million boys who are subject to child labour around the world.

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Socialism, Not America, Made Venezuela Poor

According to a news report on August 26, 2024, “Apologists for Venezuela’s socialist regime claim that U.S. sanctions made the country poor. And while sanctions didn’t help, the reason the country is poor is because of the socialist policies of the Maduro and Chávez regimes. The transition to socialism and the crash of the economy all happened long before Trump imposed sanctions in 2017… In case anyone missed the horrendous effects of socialism/communism on Cuba, Cambodia, North Korea, and Laos, Venezuela should serve as a cautionary tale to American voters to reject socialism.”

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Why the Atlantic Ocean is cooling fast is unknown

The Atlantic Ocean is cooling at an exponential rate, and nobody is sure why,” according to weather report yesterday. It goes on to say that, “it’s been more than a year of record-high global sea temperatures, including being close to the collapse of the AMOC. Despite those troubles, though, the Atlantic is now experiencing something quite baffling-temperatures are cooling, and scientists are scrambling to figure out what’s going on.”

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Switzerland Moves Towards Cashless Society

A Person Holding a Payment Terminal

According to news report on August 21, 2024, “Switzerland’s new instant payment system will bolster the future of cashless payments in the country, the Swiss central bank said Wednesday after the scheme went live… By the end-2026 at the latest, all financial institutions active in retail payment transactions will be reachable, the SNB said in a statement… The central bank anticipates that instant payments ‘are likely to become established in Switzerland in the medium term, and form the basis for further innovation in payment transactions.”

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